I had a great run this morning! As noted yesterday, it was the 2012 Minneapolis Marathon. My final time was 3:33:37, which isn’t the personal record I’d hoped for on a flat course in nice weather, but I’m happy with it.
I took my iPhone with me, and tweeted photos along the course. And, just for the heck of it, I’ve put all the tweets (and encouragement/kudos/responses) together with some additional notes and context in a Storify. Enjoy!
Jeremy runs the 2012 Minneapolis Marathon
26.2 miles, tweeted.
Storified by Jeremy Yoder · Sun, Jun 03 2012 16:20:50
The 2012 Minneapolis Marathon was my fourth marathon, and my first springtime one. A mild winter made the training-up a lot easier, and the early June race date meant the weather should was tolerable, before everything goes all Minnesota-tropical for the summer. And, since I took my iPhone along for run-time tunes and podcasts, I could live-tweet photos of the course as I ran!
I posted about the race the night before:
Long run tomorrow http://nblo.gs/yjHZQJeremy Yoder
And folks offered good wishes and advice:
@JBYoder good luck. Remember hydration is your friendDr. Wrasse
Thanks! And, always. RT @labroides: @JBYoder good luck. Remember hydration is your friendJeremy Yoder
Also, I did some carb-loading. Too much? Turns out it wasn’t.
Even though I’m running a marathon tomorrow morning, that double slice of leftover chocolate cake was probably a bad idea. #CarbOverLoadingJeremy Yoder
@JBYoder Naaah…plenty of time to digest. Good luck! More important: have fun! :)NatC
@SciTriGrrl Thanks! I’m sure I’ll be glad of the glycogen tomorrow morning.Jeremy Yoder
@JBYoder Well good luck!Giuseppe Gangarossa
I woke up at 5 a.m. to grab breakfast, then walked to the starting line in downtown Minneapolis. I love the view from the Hennepin Bridge.
Walking to the marathon. http://pic.twitter.com/rFtBIZYLJeremy Yoder
I got to the start a bit after 6 a.m., and people were already gathering.
http://pic.twitter.com/d4HaZSieJeremy Yoder
Ready to go, in … 19 min. http://pic.twitter.com/HFNvEbgcJeremy Yoder
@JBYoder good luck!Bastian Greshake
http://pic.twitter.com/RAvZro60Jeremy Yoder
At 6:30 a.m. on the nose, we were off. We ran through downtown, then turned down onto the riverfront road, first heading north to Broadway for a turnaround. And then it was long way south. My playlist was
“Olympic Fanfare and Theme,” by John Williams, which is great for that starting motivation.
“Barbra Streisand,” by Duck Sauce—good for setting up a pace in the first mile.
The Slate Political Gabfest, because I listen to podcasts on all my training runs, and so they go in my marathon playlist, too.
And then, about an hour in, I remembered to take photos.
http://pic.twitter.com/SwRjJ7i0Jeremy Yoder
Playlist about now:
“I Could Have Danced All Night,” sung by Julie Andrews in the original Broadway cast recording of “My Fair Lady.”
“Laura,” by the Scissor Sisters
On the Media, because nothing motivates me on a run like some political outrage.
By now we’re south of Marshall Avenue on the West River Parkway. Oh, hey, I run past this place all the time:
http://pic.twitter.com/G24Mc1QjJeremy Yoder
And then we got down into Fort Snelling State Park.
http://pic.twitter.com/HRcfNxDxJeremy Yoder
I totally missed the halfway marker.
http://pic.twitter.com/Rz5vIvbBJeremy Yoder
As we neared the southern turnaround, the trail got right down by the river, which was pretty, and not at all buggy.
http://pic.twitter.com/gvptSHGMJeremy Yoder
http://pic.twitter.com/pSU5r456Jeremy Yoder
@JBYoder Are you a cyborg, running and tweeting photos at the same time?Patrick Clarkin
Playlist about now:
“The White Tree,” by Howard Shore, from the soundtrack of “The Return of the King.”
“The Distance,” by Cake.
And then another podcast, NPR’s new puzzle show Ask Me Another, which provided some welcom distraction in the third hour.
Here’s the actual Fort Snelling, I believe. This was right after a hill that regained something like 75% of the elevation we’d lost on the way down to the river in maybe 300 meters. That slowed everyone waaay down.
http://pic.twitter.com/mVEUSbNNJeremy Yoder
Loving @JBYoder’s photos from his marathon this morning. Run, Jeremy, run!science_goddess
Mile 21: I’m definitely slowing down.
http://pic.twitter.com/9EwEmJP9Jeremy Yoder
No more podcasts, now. The playlist is entirely devoted to tracks that’ll help me keep putting one foot in front of the other. And my motivational music skews nerdy, as you might guess:
“To Boldly Go” and
“End Credits,” both by Michael Giacchino, from the soundtrack of the latest “Star Trek” movie.
http://pic.twitter.com/b2hA1hF1Jeremy Yoder
“Superman: Main Title,” by John Williams, from the soundtrack first Superman movie.
“Hard Sun,” by Eddie Vedder, from the soundtrack of movie “Into the Wild.”
http://pic.twitter.com/SrAm1xovJeremy Yoder
“E.T.: Flying Theme,” by John Williams, from the soundtrack to “E.T.”
“A Hard Day’s Night,” by the Beatles.
http://pic.twitter.com/QgyMRh6LJeremy Yoder
“Main Titles” and
“Captain America March,” by Alan Sylvestri, from the soundtrack of “Captain America.”
And here’s the Franklin Avenue Bridge!
http://pic.twitter.com/xOpE5SDkJeremy Yoder
For the home stretch, I have Cake’s cover of “I Will Survive” in the playlist, and boy do I need it. It’s gotten hot! But here comes the Washington Avenue Bridge …
http://pic.twitter.com/irXAwAqpJeremy Yoder
And finally, the finish line. Appropriately enough, I crossed to “River Crossing,” from Carter Burwell’s awesome soundtrack to the Coen brothers’ awesome “True Grit.”
About 3:33. http://pic.twitter.com/PHFTUI4KJeremy Yoder
My final time turns out to be 3 hours, 33 minutes, and 37 seconds. Not a personal record, but not too shabby. The finisher medal is pretty nifty, too:
And I’m still alive. http://pic.twitter.com/PdJYXcS7Jeremy Yoder
And then, as soon as I was rehydrated, it was off to clean up for brunch with friends over in Saint Paul. Not a bad way to spend an early-summer Sunday, all things concerned.
Some more comments/kudos from the tweeps—thanks, everyone!
@JBYoder Congrats! Now please tell me that’s the white balance on your camera and not sunburn.Stephanie Zvan
Yeah, that was mostly the white balance. Although I was shirtless from about mile 17 on. The nice thing about a cheap tank top is you can ditch it when it gets sweat-logged and chafe-y.
Nicely done! Makes me wonder what I’ve been doing for the last 3.5 hrs RT @JBYoder: About 3:33. http://pic.twitter.com/4lkUFOPDRyan Kitko
@JBYoder congrats!! Great time!!NatC
Congrats! RT @JBYoder: And I’m still alive. http://pic.twitter.com/Yz3ET5wCGerty-Z
@JBYoder looks like it was a pretty scenic route. Congrats on your 4th Marathon! wish i had that dedicationJonathan Yoder
@science_goddess @Patrick_Clarkin @Bonovox1984 @SciTriGrrl @GertyZ @szvan Thanks for the encouragement! Made carrying my iPhone worth it!Jeremy Yoder
@GertyZ @JBYoder Woot!CackleofRad
@GertyZ @JBYoder (I think he just logged his #r4p)CackleofRad
Heh, yes. I will not be clicking on any of @VonOberst’s photo links today. But I’m going to need a few run-free days now, so I never did sign on to #r4p.
Live-tweeting the running of a marathon?! @JBYoder is using lots of pictures to do it. Seems to be working. http://pic.twitter.com/OBVl7QUHRichard Harper
Live-tweeting the running of a marathon?! @JBYoder is using lots of pictures to do it. Seems to be working. http://pic.twitter.com/sytmQqRablake56x2
Next question: will my legs un-stiffen fast enough for me to get up the nerve to register for the Twin Cities Marathon in October?◼